A man who lives in the area where a driver was hit with a bullet on Highway 59 near Lawrence late Monday said the bullet may have been from celebratory gunfire and not intended to hit anyone.

A man who lives in the area where a driver was hit with a bullet on Highway 59 near Lawrence late Monday said the bullet may have been from celebratory gunfire and not intended to hit anyone.

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Updated: 9:16 PM CDT May 27, 2014

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WEBVTT A MYSTERY UNFOLDS AFTER A DRIVE DOWN THE HIGHWAY LEAVES ONE MAN WITH A BULLET WOUND. INVESTIGATORS ARE SCOURING THE AREA FOR CLUES ALONG SOUTHBOUND 59 HIGHWAY. KMBC 9'S SCOTT MCDONNELL IS LIVE IN LAWRENCE WITH THE SEARCH,. THE VICTIM WAS A 24- YEAR OLD MAN..HE WAS ON HIS WAY OUT OF TOWN WHEN HE WAS SHOT. IT ALL SEEMS PRETTY RANDOM....IT MAKES AN INVESTIGATORS TASK OF FIGURING OUT WHAT HAPPEND A TOUGH ONE. RAYMOUND HICKMAN WAS WONDERING WHY THERE WAS SO MUCH TRAFFIC ON HIS ROAD... YA WOW THAT WAS REALLY STRANGE, I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS PART OF CHECKPINT HIS STREET WAS PART OF A DETOUR... AS SHERIFFS SHUTDOWN HIGHWAY 59 SOUTH BECAUSE A MAN WAS SHOT WHILE CRUISING DOWN THE ROAD. INVESTIGATORS DON'T KNOW IF THE BULLET CAME FROM PRPERTY OFF THE HIGHWAY ANOTHER VEHICLE.... OR FELL FROM THE SKY YOU'T GOT THREE LAKES PROABLY WITHIN FOUR MILES FROM THIS HOUSE HERE, YOU KNOW IF ITS SHOT IN THE AIR WINDSPEED CAN TAKE A BULLET A MILE AWAY A DAY SCOURING THE SCENE FOR EVIDENCE MAY SHED SOME LIGHT ON THE MYSTERY. BUT SOME NEIGHBORS WOULD BE SURPISED IF FOUL PLAY WAS INVOLVED. ITS REALLY QUIET, LOTS IF FARMERS...I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF IT WAS ANYTHING BUT THAT...BUT YOU NEVER KNOW THE DRIVER WHO WAS SHOT WAS A 24-YEAR OLD MAN FROM LAWRENCE. HE WAS FLOW BY HELICOPTER TO A HOSPITAL IN TOPEKA WHERE HE IS RECOVERING. C-1 INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING FOR HELP...

Neighbor: Highway shooting may have been stray bullet

A man who lives in the area where a driver was hit with a bullet on Highway 59 near Lawrence late Monday said the bullet may have been from celebratory gunfire and not intended to hit anyone.